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99.010 Definitions for KRS 99.010 to 99.310.
(1)
The following terms, whenever used or referred to in KRS 99.010 to 99.310 shall,
unless a different intent clearly appears from the context, be construed as follows:
(a) "Area" means a portion of a city which a planning commission has found or
shall find to be substandard or insanitary, so that the clearance, replanning,
rehabilitation, or reconstruction thereof is necessary or advisable to effectuate
the public purposes declared in KRS 99.020. An area may include any
buildings or improvements not in themselves substandard or insanitary, and
any real property, whether improved or unimproved, the inclusion of which is
deemed necessary for the effective clearance, replanning, reconstruction, or
rehabilitation of the area of which such buildings, improvements, or real
property form a part;
(b) "City" means and is deemed to relate to any city of the first class, a city with a
population of fifteen thousand (15,000) or more based upon the most recent
federal decennial census, or urban-county government in the Commonwealth
of Kentucky;
(c) "Development" means a specific work, repair, or improvement to put into
effect a development plan. The term includes the real property, buildings, and
improvements owned, constructed, managed, or operated by a redevelopment
corporation;
(d) "Development area" means that portion of an area to which a development
plan is applicable;
(e) "Development cost" means the amount determined by the supervising agency
to be the actual cost of the development, or of the part thereof for which such
determination is made, and includes, among other costs, the reasonable costs
of planning the development, including preliminary studies and surveys,
neighborhood planning, and architectural and engineering services, the
reasonable value of the services performed by or for the incorporators of a
redevelopment corporation in connection with the development plan prior to
the time when the redevelopment corporation was incorporated or became a
redevelopment corporation, fees for acquisition costs, the costs of financing
the development, including carrying charges during construction, working
capital in an amount not exceeding five percent (5%) of development cost, the
actual cost of real property or any part thereof where acquired partly or wholly
in exchange for securities, then, an amount which shall be approved by the
supervising agency as being equal to the reasonable value of the real property
acquired therefor, the actual cost of demolition of existing structures, the
actual cost of utilities, landscaping, and roadways, the actual cost of
construction, equipment, and furnishing of buildings and improvements,
including architectural, engineering and builder's fees, the actual cost of
reconstruction, rehabilitation, remodeling, or initial repair of existing
buildings and improvements, reasonable management, and operation costs
until the development is ready for use, and the actual cost of improving that
portion of the development area which is to remain as open space, together
(2)
with such additions to development cost as shall equal the actual cost of
additions to or changes in the development in accordance with the original
development plan or after approved changes in or amendments thereto;
(f) "Development plan" means a plan for the redevelopment of all or any part of
an area, and includes any amendments thereto approved in accordance with
the requirements of KRS 99.070;
(g) "Local legislative body" means the board of aldermen or other board or body
vested by the charter of the city or other law with jurisdiction to adopt or enact
ordinances or local laws;
(h) "Mortgage" means a mortgage, trust indenture, deed of trust, building and loan
contract, or other instrument creating a lien on real property, and the
indebtedness secured by each of them;
(i) "Neighborhood unit" means a primarily residential district having the facilities
necessary for well-rounded family living, such as schools, parks, playgrounds,
parking areas, and local shopping districts;
(j) "Planning commission" means the official bureau, board, planning and zoning
or other commission, or agency of the city or city and county authorized to
prepare, adopt, and amend or modify plans for the development and
improvement of the city generally;
(k) "Supervising agency" means the director of finance or such other person or
city agency as may be authorized by the local legislative body under KRS
99.090;
(l) "Real property" includes lands, buildings, improvements, land under water,
waterfront property, and any and all easements, franchises, and hereditaments,
corporeal or incorporeal, and every estate, interest, privilege, easement,
franchise, and right therein, or appurtenant thereto, legal or equitable,
including rights-of-way, terms for years and liens, charges, or encumbrances
by mortgage, judgment, or otherwise;
(m) "Redevelopment" means the clearance, replanning, reconstruction, or
rehabilitation of a substandard or insanitary area, and the provision of such
industrial, commercial, residential, or public structures and spaces as may be
appropriate, including recreational and other facilities incidental or
appurtenant thereto;
(n) "Redevelopment corporation" means a corporation organized pursuant to the
corporation laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky whose articles of
incorporation shall comply with the requirements of KRS 99.100 to 99.130;
and
(o) "State" means the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
"Owner" as used in KRS 99.220 to 99.240, includes a person having an estate,
interest, or easement in the real property to be acquired or a lien, charge, or
encumbrance thereon.
Effective: January 1, 2015
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 185, effective January 1, 2015. --
Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 152, sec. 82. -- Created 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 36, secs. 2
and 14.
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